Trainwrecked Primadonnas of the Musicverse Profiles - Prince
If there was ever a multi-platinum artist who had the douchebag credentials to match his success, look no further than Prince Rogers Nelson AKA The Artist Formerly Known As Prince AKA Prince. There are few people in the world who make Kanye West look like Nelson Mandela, but Prince happens to do exactly that by taking the holier-than-thou routine to a whole new level. So today we profile the Primadonna Lord of Weird Prince by sharing some not-so-fun facts from his life:
He declared the internet to be a waning fad, refusing to release his newest and no doubt worst album via any digital platform. Why? Because "the internet's completely over," according to His Holiness. If only he checked his fax machine 20 years ago to find out that 80s dildo flavored pop party soundtracks have gone out of fashion. If only…
He is a shameless self-promoter who’s bitter about his lack of success who is a total hypocrite about covers. Prince says he doesn't understand why people want to cover someone else's songs. In the moment, I don't think to mention the 1996 Emancipation album features his covers of "Betcha By Golly Wow!" and "I Can't Make You Love Me," but no one pointed out to him that he sometimes plays covers during his performances.
He forced all his fans and business associates to call him The Artist Formerly Known As Prince despite several other suitable monikers available for copyright such as The Presently Insane Artist Known As Prince. We're surprised he hasn't tried to mooch off some royalties by suing JK Rowling yet.
He doesn't talk to old people. "I don't talk to old people…they try to find ways to stay static. Young folks are the ones with the ideas and constantly moving forward." This helps better explain how he probably stopped talking to his aging conscience a long time back too, because who needs that when you have an immortal ego?
